What kids do you feel we're at risk of losing? I guess I just don't see this as quite as earth shattering as some others do. It feels like a surprising number of posters don't follow sports that closely. This is what happens when you win big. (Nobody knows anything about Diaco's plans, and I'm not assuming anything. But for the sake of this post I'll pretend that he is going.)
If Diaco had left last year, maybe we would have lost more recruits. The obvious irony is that the coordinators of 8-5 teams don't usually get HC jobs, and the flip side is that undefeated national champs don't have a ton of decommits. Last year's class ended up being pretty good,even though all the momentum was going away from us. Now, though, all of the momentum is going with us. I'm really not concerned about decommits, save for the two guys who we could end up recruiting over (which would technically be decommitments). And the beauty of the situation is that we're in a great spot to replace kids if we do lose them at the end, in some cases maybe even with better players.
I certainly don't WANT to lose Coach Diaco, but if he wants to be a head coach I want him to get that opportunity. If he goes, it will be a loss. But not a program-changing one. I believe it won't have much, if any, impact on recruiting. And I believe he would tell any prospective new boss that they will hire him with the condition that he will stay at ND through the NCG. I also believe in Kelly's track record of identifying and developing quality coaches.
So at the end of the day, this is the biggest story going on around ND football but it isn't huge story in the big picture, IMO. Par for the course of being an elite program.
